Jain Society Metro Chicago IL 1993 08 Profile

Author(s): Jain Center Chicago IL
Publisher: USA Jain Center Chicago IL

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* Opening invocation by Native American Elders from four directions.
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GLIMPSES OF 1993 PARLIAMENT
*Closing address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
* Confrences on Pluralism
*Conferences on religion and the critical issues of the 21st Century
Assembly of religious and spiritual leaders
Interfaith dialouge
Environment and ecology * Women's and men's issues
Spirituality of indigenous people
* Ethics
Death and dying
* Education
⚫ Science and tehcnology
* New religions
* Religious and cultural pluralism
• The next generation
* Peace
* Literature
* International film festival
* Presentation of the 1993 Templeton Prize
3.The parliament will focus numerous presentations, workshops, seminars, demonstartions and perfromances on a broad range of themes, including:
* Plenary Sessions, including: 'What shall we do?'
'The critical issues'
'Voices of the dispossessed' 'Voices of spirit and tradition' Interfaith harmony'
'The inner life'
The next generation"
* Health and wellness Economics and justice The religious life
* Power, politcis and liberation The feminine in religion
* Architecture
Religion in Chicago
* Sacred space and sacred time * Meditation and contemplation * Prayer
Myth, ritual and tradition
The history of religions * Art, music and dance
4. Many of the world's religious and spiritual leaders have been invited to participate in the parliament.
5. Participation in the 1993 celebrations at Chicago are by way of Cosponsors open to groups or institutions or individual registrations.
5.1 Criteria for co-sponsorship
5.1.1 Co-sponsors is open to group or institution, that wish to endorse the missions of the council for partliament of world's religions, Minimum contribution US$500.